A system and method for imaging an anatomical structure corresponding to an infusion therapy anatomical site includes a processor to execute applications stored in a non-transitory computerreadable medium, the applications includes a first application to receive imaging information corresponding to radiant energy from the infusion therapy anatomical site, a second application to decompose the received imaging information into discrete image components, a third application to receive at least one of patient biographic profile characteristics and infusion therapy parameters, and a fourth application to receive the discrete image components, the patient biographic profile characteristics and the infusion therapy parameters and to provide a recommended clinical intervention based on at least one of the discrete image components, the patient biographic profile characteristics, and the infusion therapy parameters.

A medication delivery monitoring device is disclosed. The device includes a user interface configured to receive input information, and a sensor configured to measure a plurality of fluid state parameters of a fluid delivery channel through which the medication is delivered by a vascular access device (VAD) to an infusion site region of the patient. The device also includes a processor configured to determine a state of the infusion site region based on the plurality of measured fluid state parameters and the input information, and an output device configured to provide a communication regarding the state of the infusion site region. Methods and computer-readable mediums for monitoring medication delivery are also disclosed.

This application describes a method and device for safely, effectively, perfusing distal to occluded arteries, based on diagnostic information from the catheter-perfusion-system based on sensors, effectors, controllers and algorithms included, with particular attention to the specific characteristics of the tissue and the fluid. Key actionable physiological values for the tissue can be calculated and derived. They include the auto-regulatory curve, with Upper and Lower limits of Auto regulation, vascular reserve, and collateral flow reserve and as auto-regulation exhaustion.

A system and method for assessing an intravenous catheter site is described in embodiments herein. An application accessible on a mobile device may be used to take calibrated photographs of an intravenous catheter site. The resulting calibrated image may be compared to previously taken calibrated images to determine a complication. Success of treatments to the complication may be tracked and the patient's electronic medical record may be updated.

Systems and methods for injecting a drug and detecting tissue induced back pressure are disclosed. A drug delivery system may include a reservoir filled or fillable with a drug, an administration member connected or connectable in fluid communication with the reservoir, a drive assembly, and a pressure sensor. The administration member may be configured for insertion into and subsequently retraction from a patient. The drive assembly may be configured to urge the drug from the reservoir to deliver a dose of the drug to the patient via the administration member. The pressure sensor may be configured to detect tissue back pressure during use of the drug delivery system, including after dose completion and prior to retraction of the administration member. The drug delivery system may be controlled in a manner that accounts for the tissue back pressure measurement.

An automated dose-response record system including a module for housing waste-heat producing electronic and electromechanical medical equipment including at least one physiologic monitor, and including a system to measure, temporally correlate and record dose and response events.

An infusion apparatus and a method for testing extravasation are provided. The infusion apparatus includes a liquid driver, a detection unit, and a controller. The controller controls the liquid driver to be operated, so that an input liquid provided by a infusion supply unit is injected into a living body through a tube and a needle, and a blood return detecting procedure is performed. The blood return detecting procedure includes a stop driving step implemented by controlling the liquid driver to stop operating; and a determining step implemented by controlling the detection unit to test a state of a section of the tube adjacent to the needle to generate a detected signal, and determining whether or not the blood of the living body returns to the tube according to the detected signal.

Systems and methods for controlling fluid delivery via a manually administrable medication container to a patient through a fluid delivery pathway are provided. The systems and methods described herein incorporate rules-based clinical decision support logic to drive a flow control valve within a flow pathway based on a determination of whether or not an IV fluid connected to an input port on the pathway is appropriate for patient administration by considering such factors as patient-specific clinical circumstances, current medical orders, and accepted delivery protocols. Related apparatus, systems, methods and articles are also described.

A catheter system may include a catheter lumen, first and second electrodes, and a sensor in communication with the first and second electrodes. The sensor may be configured to detect at least one of: a bulk volume of blood within a blood vessel and extravasation of a drug from the blood vessel into soft tissue adjacent the blood vessel. Other catheter systems may include a catheter lumen and a sensing chip coupled to the catheter lumen. The sensing chip may be configured to detect at least one of: a bulk volume of blood within a blood vessel and extravasation of a drug from the blood vessel into soft tissue adjacent the blood vessel.

A fluid infusion system includes a housing configured to be adhesively coupled to an anatomy of the user. The housing comprises a communication device configured to wirelessly communicate a physiological characteristic to a communication component of a fluid infusion device. The fluid infusion system includes a fluid flow path from the fluid infusion device into the anatomy of the user, and the fluid flow path is configured to extend from the housing for insertion into the anatomy of the user.